The weekend...almost.

There was a holiday on Thursday—Los Tres Reyes, the day of the Three Kings, which marks the end of the Christmas season.  You’re supposed the spend it with family, give gifts, have a huge lunch (because it’s Spain, so lunch is more important than dinner).  My landlady was sick (the poor woman’s been sick for awhile) so she didn’t go out for the holiday.  I was supposed to meet up with some of the other trainees from class the evening before, but I didn’t go, I didn’t see the FB message for it until hours later.  Oops. But I thought that people from the class would send out a message of what they were doing on our day off, and we could all meet up and do something together.  That’s what we did when I was living in Costa Rica.  Nobody had phones there, we all just used the internet to talk and make plans, plus I had roommates (and a better knowledge of the bus system, and I had to take a minimum of 4 buses a day.  Gah, I miss Costa Rica a lot!) Well…this didn’t happen here.  So I didn’t go anywhere the whole day—and it was such a waste!  I heard the next day (Friday, thank god) that other people had gone to the beach and went on long walks through their various neighborhoods, and gone shopping or whatever else they all did, and I pretty much just slept in, watched a movie or two, read my book, and planned most of my lesson (one useful thing at least!). 

Well, I’m not gonna let that happen again.  I was supposed to go to this bar/restaurant that specialized in Champagne on Friday night, but instead I got lost and missed the bus, and ended up just walking back to my apartment and having a quiet night in, which as actually more up my alley then a crowded, overpriced bar on the other side of town that I knew nothing about.  I was more worried about getting lost in the dark miles from home after I’d been drinking champagne than anything else, so I’m kind of glad that I didn’t go.  I am pretty sure that the other students think I'm weird, esp. because I’m not going to try to get a job right after I graduate this program, as I’ve still got a year left of school—and now I’ve missed at least two invitations to go out with them.  I really have to learn how to use public transportation so that next time, I’ll be there!